San Augustine Rural Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
San Augustine Rural Wsc at a glance
San Augustine Rural Wsc serves about 1,450 people through 628 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in San Augustine County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2030007; phone on file: 936-288-0489. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for San Augustine Rural Wsc is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How San Augustine Rural Wsc compares
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. San Augustine Rural Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Texas and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share San Augustine County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than San Augustine Rural Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Augustine | 1,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Wsc | 1,128 | 1.23 ppb |
| Denning Wsc | 648 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Broaddus | 406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkway Water System | 322 | 0.31 ppb |
| Powell Point Water System | 307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anthony Harbor Subdivision | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Oaks Water System | 87 | 1.15 ppb |
| Hickory Hollow Water System | 67 | 2.67 ppb |
| Lakewood Water System | 48 | 1.11 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in San Augustine Rural Wsc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask San Augustine Rural Wsc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.